Characteristics of the world’s most admired companies

Fortune Magazine just published a list of the world’s most admired companies. The ranking on the list was established by a few more than 4,000 executives, directors, and securities analysts. I do business with number 1 (Apple: all my computers since 1984) and number 50 (Samsung: LCD HDTV) and many of the in-between ones (Google, […]

God and politics

Syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker says in her November 19, 2008 column Giving Up on God, “…religion is killing the Republican Party.” The “one-issue” religious conservatives have done their party of choice no favors.

Even worse, in my opinion, is what this same group of of people have done to unintentionally damage the image of Christianity […]

Where’s the stick?

Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage used to say, “Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘Nice doggy’ while looking for a stick.” TIME.com reports that president-elect Obama is already being tested by foreign powers. He is clearly quite skilled at the ‘nice doggy’ part. It remains to be seen if he can find a […]